首页英语词典oweowe英英释意

owe

英[əʊ] 美[o]
  • vt. 欠;感激;应给予;应该把……归功于
  • vi. 欠钱
  • n. (Owe)人名;(瑞典、挪)奥弗

英英释意


1. be obliged to pay or repay
2. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense;
"This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
3. be in debt;
"She owes me $200"
"The thesis owes much to his adviser"